6,000 people gathered in front of the Greek parliament hours before the arrival of Angela Merkel in Athens. Most of them were the discontented familiar from last year.

The average price per ton of Bulgarian firewood is around 140 euro whereas the Greek firewood costs between 180 and 240 euro.

over 7,000 uniformed and plainclothes police officers will guard the Greek capital on the day of the German Chancellor's visit.

On Sunday evening, the trade unionists besieged and broke into the building housing the data centre of the electricity company to prove that people with low and middle incomes pay the high property tax imposed last year and that it is not imposed on some privileged citizens with higher incomes.